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Sleep characteristics among black cisgender sexual minority men and black transgender women during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of multi-level COVID-19-related stressors
Dustin T. Duncan 
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Su Hyun Park,
Yen-Tyng Chen ,
Hayden Mountcastle,
Jade Pagkas-Bather,
Liadh Timmins ,
Byoungjun Kim ,
Hillary Hanson,
Kangkana Koli,
Mainza Durrell,
Nour Makarem ,
Rebecca Eavou,
Kevalyn Bharadwaj,
John A. Schneider
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Su Hyun Park,
Yen-Tyng Chen ,
Hayden Mountcastle,
Jade Pagkas-Bather,
Liadh Timmins ,
Byoungjun Kim ,
Hillary Hanson,
Kangkana Koli,
Mainza Durrell,
Nour Makarem ,
Rebecca Eavou,
Kevalyn Bharadwaj,
John A. Schneider
Sleep Health, Volume: 8, Issue: 5, Pages: 440 - 450
Swansea University Author:
Liadh Timmins
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.sleh.2022.06.006
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Objectives: To determine the association between individual, network, and structural COVID-19-related stressors and changes in sleep duration and quality among Black cisgender sexual minority men (SMM) and Black transgender women during the COVID-19 peak infectivity rate in Chicago. Methods: From Ap...
| Published in: | Sleep Health |
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| ISSN: | 2352-7218 |
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Elsevier BV
2022
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64169 |
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Objectives: To determine the association between individual, network, and structural COVID-19-related stressors and changes in sleep duration and quality among Black cisgender sexual minority men (SMM) and Black transgender women during the COVID-19 peak infectivity rate in Chicago. Methods: From April 20, 2020 to July 31, 2020, we conducted the N2 COVID Study in Chicago (n = 226). The survey included questions regarding multi-level COVID-19-related stressors (eg, food unavailability, partner violence, housing instability, concern about neighborhood COVID-19), sleep duration, and sleep quality. Results: About 19.5% of our sample reported a shorter duration of sleep during the initial peak COVID-19 infectivity, while 41.2% reported more sleep and 38.9% reported about the same. Compared to the prepandemic period, 16.8% reported that their sleep quality worsened in the COVID-19 pandemic, while 27.9% reported their sleep quality had improved and 55.3% reported it was about the same. In multivariable models, we found that ≥1 day of physical stress reaction, worrying about being infected with COVID-19, traveling during COVID-19 being a financial burden, not having enough medication, knowing someone who was diagnosed with COVID-19, partner violence and housing instability were associated with poor sleep health in the COVID-19 pandemic (adjusted risk ratio: 1.82-3.90, p < .05). Conclusions: These data suggest that COVID-19-related stressors impacted poor sleep duration and quality during the pandemic among this cohort. Multi-level interventions to reduce COVID-19-related stressors (eg, meditation, intimate partner violence prevention and housing programs) may be useful for improving sleep health among Black cisgender sexual minority men and Black transgender women. |
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| Keywords: |
Sleep, Black cisgender sexual minority men, Black transgender women, COVID-19 pandemic, Multilevel COVID-19 stressors |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Issue: |
5 |
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440 |
| End Page: |
450 |